INTENTO DE CONSUMO DE UN POLLUELO DE PALOMA DE ALAS BLANCAS (Zenaida asiatica) POR UNA IGUANA VERDE (Iguana iguana)

Roger Naim Carballo Cauich; José Rogelio  Cedeño Vázquez

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.1.807

Authors

Roger Naim Carballo Cauich Instituto Tecnológico de Chetumal
José Rogelio Cedeño Vázquez El Colegio De La Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal. Departamento de Sistemática y Ecología Acuática.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.1.807

Keywords:

Iguana, Mérida, Yucatán, diet, carrion, zoo

Abstract

The Common Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) inhabits neotropical forests from northern Mexico to Central America and
northeastern South America. It is considered mainly herbivorous, with no ontogenetic changes in its diet. However, it is known that it occasionally consumes matter of animal origin. Here we report an attempted consumption of a chick of the White Pigeon (Zenaida
asiatica) by I. iguana. We do not know if the event was an attempt at predation or scavenging behavior.

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